The PEN Ten: An Interview with Dohra Ahmad
"The biggest threat to free expression has always been, and will continue to be, unequal access to publication and publicity." More
Works of Justice: How to Write a Novel in a Month (While in Prison), Week 3
Updates from week 3 of our NaNoWriMo challenge. Four currently incarcerated fiction writers are working as peer facilitators with writing groups in the prisons where they live. More
Winter/Spring 2020 Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) Communications Internship
The Artists at Risk Connection is seeking a communications intern who is passionate about human rights, artistic expression, and serving artists at risk. More
Winter/Spring 2020 Development Internship
PEN America is seeking several motivated self-starters who wish to learn about how development drives and sustains nonprofit organizations. As part of the development team in our New York… More
Winter/Spring 2020 Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) Program Internship
The Artists at Risk Connection is seeking interns who are passionate about human rights, artistic expression, and serving artists at risk. More
Winter/Spring 2020 Executive Intern–L.A. Office
PEN America seeks a diligent, detail-oriented, and highly energetic intern to support the administration work of the Los Angeles office. Working closely with the Los Angeles staff, the executive… More
Winter/Spring 2020 Literary Awards Internship
PEN America’s Literary Awards Program seeks diligent, organized interns to assist with the 2020 literary awards cycle. The PEN Literary Awards confer over $350,000 annually to writers and translators.… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Azar Nafisi
"Literature resists tyranny mainly by refusing to remain silent, by giving voice to the voiceless, the silenced and the suppressed." More
The Empty Chair Day: Stanislav Aseyev
On November 15, PEN America participated in the Day of the Imprisoned Writer: the Empty Chair Day in support of Ukrainian journalist Stanislav Aseyev. More
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We made an error - Saeed Jones is no longer a PEN America Member. We congratulate Saeed on being on The New Yorker’s list of Best Books for 2019.
Two publishers of prestigious scientific journals said they would re-evaluate previously published papers, on ethnic minorities and co-written by scientists backed by the Chinese gov, to ensure the authors got consent from those they studied: https://bit.ly/389lXFc via @nytimes.
In a portfolio commissioned by the @econhardship, poet @dougvangundy and photographer Matt Eich sought to shed light on life in Webster County, West Virginia and add dimension and detail to an often oversimplified portrayal of the area: https://bit.ly/3676dk9.